Yarmouth County 4-year-old raises $3,250 for cancer patients

Four-year-old Payton d’Entremont of Yarmouth County had her hair cut for the first time. Her locks will make a wig for a cancer patient and she raised $3,250 for the Gilles Boudreau and Friends Cancer Help Fund. CARLA ALLEN PHOTO - Carla Allen

Payton d’Entremont's first-ever haircut will create a wig for a cancer patient and she also raised money for the Gilles Boudreau and Friends Cancer Help Fund

YARMOUTH, N.S. – Thanks to the generosity and hard work of four-year-old Payton d’Entremont, many who are struggling with the challenges of cancer will receive assistance.

Wearing her favourite Wonder Woman outfit, d’Entremont had her waist-length golden locks cut on Nov. 4, during a fundraiser for the Gilles Boudreau and Friends Cancer Help Fund at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Yarmouth.

The trim was held in conjunction with a supper and silent auction.

Payton’s hair will be used in the construction of a wig for cancer patients by Panteen. The company will arrange for a letter to be sent to Payton from whoever receives the wig.

In conjunction with her haircut, this summer Payton and her mother Candice Keech d’Entremont attended two SWITCH events on Main Street in Yarmouth, went door-to-door and approached businesses to fundraise. In doing so they collected $3,250 for the Gilles Boudreau And Friends Cancer Help Fund.

Candice says she’s always been a fundraiser and wanted her children, as they are growing up, to learn to do good things for other people.

“There’s not enough good in the world,” she said.

The Gilles Boudreau and Friends Cancer Help Fund is named after Yarmouth County resident Gilles Boudreau, who died from cancer in 2008 at the age of 48.

Boudreau’s widow Melina says individuals sometimes come forward with fundraising ideas for the fund but that Payton is the youngest.